The higher law, in its relations to civil government: with particular reference to slavery, and the fugitive slave law
by Hosmer, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Auburn: Derby & Miller, 1852. Hardcover. ix, 204p., tissue-guarded steel-engraved frontis portrait of Seward, 7.2x4.7 inch cloth boards with spine-title gilt and blind panelling of covers. Find previous owner's pencil signature (very old), irregular foxing to preliminary (including portrait) and to terminal leaves, some edgewear with eighth-inch losses at rims and corner-tips. A good-only copy. Hosmer's disquisition, dedicated to Seward, is a pungent attack against slavery in all its manifestations.
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- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13557
- Title
- The higher law, in its relations to civil government: with particular reference to slavery, and the fugitive slave law
- Author
- Hosmer, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Derby & Miller
- Place of Publication
- Auburn
- Date Published
- 1852
- Bookseller catalogs
- African American; Religion; Law; Nineteenth century; Abolitionism;
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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